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Disbrow to Serve as Interim Head of Air Force

—John A. Tirpak1/23/2017

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​Lisa Disbrow, then-acting under secretary of the Air Force, is briefed on the
capabilities of satellites by Col. Michael Jackson, 460th Operations
Group commander, Aug. 18, 2015, on Buckley AFB, Colo. Air Force photo by A1C Luke W. Nowakowski.

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Undersecretary of the Air Force Lisa Disbrow
will be “performing the duties of” the Secretary of the Air Force until a new Secretary
is nominated and confirmed, but she will not carry the title “Acting
Secretary,” Pentagon officials said Thursday. They could not explain the
distinction between the two terms. Moreover former USAF Secretary Deborah Lee
James will be “facilitating the transition” to a new Secretary, but it was
unclear whether that means she will continue on at the Pentagon past Jan. 20.
Neither Air Force public affairs nor Office of Secretary of Defense public affairs
could provide an official comment.